Egalitarian Democracy Index in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Egalitarian Democracy Index was 0.235 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.235
Change on year
down 2.5%
World rank
107th
of 175 countries
All-time high
0.325
in 2018
All-time low
0.035
in 1900
Years of data
126
1900–2025
Egalitarian Democracy Index in Kyrgyzstan, 1900–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Kyrgyzstan recorded 0.235 for egalitarian democracy index in 2025.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, egalitarian democracy index in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 0.325 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.035, in 1900.
Kyrgyzstan ranks 107th of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 126 years of available data.
Egalitarian Democracy Index in Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 0.035 | — |
| 1901 | 0.036 | +2.9% |
| 1902 | 0.037 | +2.8% |
| 1903 | 0.037 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 0.036 | -2.7% |
| 1905 | 0.047 | +30.6% |
| 1906 | 0.053 | +12.8% |
| 1907 | 0.05 | -5.7% |
| 1908 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| 1909 | 0.049 | -2.0% |
| 1910 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1911 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1912 | 0.049 | +0.0% |
| 1913 | 0.05 | +2.0% |
| 1914 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| 1915 | 0.05 | +0.0% |
| 1916 | 0.049 | -2.0% |
| 1917 | 0.074 | +51.0% |
| 1918 | 0.153 | +106.8% |
| 1919 | 0.153 | +0.0% |
| 1920 | 0.155 | +1.3% |
| 1921 | 0.161 | +3.9% |
| 1922 | 0.162 | +0.6% |
| 1923 | 0.19 | +17.3% |
| 1924 | 0.193 | +1.6% |
| 1925 | 0.19 | -1.6% |
| 1926 | 0.194 | +2.1% |
| 1927 | 0.193 | -0.5% |
| 1928 | 0.194 | +0.5% |
| 1929 | 0.19 | -2.1% |
| 1930 | 0.19 | +0.0% |
| 1931 | 0.19 | +0.0% |
| 1932 | 0.191 | +0.5% |
| 1933 | 0.188 | -1.6% |
| 1934 | 0.187 | -0.5% |
| 1935 | 0.187 | +0.0% |
| 1936 | 0.187 | +0.0% |
| 1937 | 0.188 | +0.5% |
| 1938 | 0.184 | -2.1% |
| 1939 | 0.183 | -0.5% |
| 1940 | 0.183 | +0.0% |
| 1941 | 0.18 | -1.6% |
| 1942 | 0.18 | +0.0% |
| 1943 | 0.18 | +0.0% |
| 1944 | 0.18 | +0.0% |
| 1945 | 0.18 | +0.0% |
| 1946 | 0.193 | +7.2% |
| 1947 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.203 | +5.2% |
| 1949 | 0.203 | +0.0% |
| 1950 | 0.207 | +2.0% |
| 1951 | 0.207 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.207 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.207 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.215 | +3.9% |
| 1955 | 0.216 | +0.5% |
| 1956 | 0.216 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.223 | +3.2% |
| 1958 | 0.222 | -0.4% |
| 1959 | 0.222 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.222 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.222 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.22 | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 0.218 | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 0.218 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.221 | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 0.219 | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 0.218 | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.218 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.219 | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 0.221 | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 0.223 | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.224 | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.224 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.224 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.224 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.223 | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.223 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.223 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.223 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.223 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.223 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.223 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.223 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.222 | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.223 | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.225 | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.227 | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.225 | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.232 | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 0.25 | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 0.245 | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 0.272 | +11.0% |
| 1993 | 0.279 | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.268 | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 0.26 | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.257 | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.251 | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.254 | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.244 | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 0.231 | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 0.228 | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.227 | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.226 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.226 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.23 | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.237 | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 0.23 | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.223 | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.216 | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 0.264 | +22.2% |
| 2011 | 0.323 | +22.3% |
| 2012 | 0.316 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.307 | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.304 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.312 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 0.308 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.313 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.325 | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 0.305 | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 0.274 | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 0.278 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.269 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 0.25 | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 0.241 | -3.6% |
| 2025 | 0.235 | -2.5% |
Kyrgyzstan compared with similar countries
- Kyrgyzstan's 0.235 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2285, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kyrgyzstan's 0.235 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.608, 39% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Egalitarian Democracy Index in Kyrgyzstan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | +106.8% | 0.074 | 0.153 |
| 1917 | +51.0% | 0.049 | 0.074 |
| 1905 | +30.6% | 0.036 | 0.047 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.043 | 0.035 | 0.053 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.0726 | 0.049 | 0.153 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.1822 | 0.155 | 0.194 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.1875 | 0.183 | 0.191 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.1875 | 0.18 | 0.203 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.2142 | 0.207 | 0.223 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2195 | 0.218 | 0.222 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2232 | 0.221 | 0.224 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2246 | 0.222 | 0.232 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.258 | 0.244 | 0.279 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2274 | 0.216 | 0.237 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3077 | 0.264 | 0.325 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2578 | 0.235 | 0.278 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
More social development data for Kyrgyzstan
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1,150 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 3,337 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0005 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 3,337 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is egalitarian democracy index in Kyrgyzstan?
- Egalitarian democracy index in Kyrgyzstan was 0.235 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest egalitarian democracy index recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.325 in 2018.
- What is the lowest egalitarian democracy index recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.035 in 1900.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for egalitarian democracy index?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 107th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is egalitarian democracy index rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Egalitarian Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, as well as the extent to which the protection of rights, access to power, and distribution of resources is equal.